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US 2013/0129032 A1Published application
Method to reduce the volume of boiling water reactor fuel channels for storage
AssigneeWestinghouse Electric Corp.
InventorPETER F. DAVIN
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Abstract
A method of reducing the volume of a boiling water reactor fuel channel for storage in which the fuel channel is sealed with an outer sleeve that is closed at its upper and lower ends. The sleeve, which is made of a malleable metal is then laterally compacted and sheared into segments suitable for transport and/or storage.
Claims11
A method of reducing the volume of an elongated boiling water reactor fuel assembly fuel channel for storage comprising the steps of:
- enclosing the fuel channel in an outer sleeve;
- and
- laterally compacting the fuel channel within the outer sleeve.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.